Etymograph

English

Stargard

Stargard comes from Polish Stargard.

  1. PolishmodernStargard
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. PolishmodernStargard
  2. Englishtodaysame form

A compound of *starъ ‘old’ + *gordъ ‘town’

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-ró-s ‘to stand (up)’

Proto-Balto-Slavic *stāˀras

Proto-Slavic *starъ ‘old’

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- ‘to enclose, encircle’

Proto-Indo-European *gʰordʰ-os

Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas ‘enclosure’

Proto-Slavic *gordъ ‘town’

Today it means

name A city in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Polish Stargard / Stargard